Redshank and Greenshank

Charadriiformes

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 8 November 2017.

[Tringa nebularia, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common greenshank]

The sound of the greenshank (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

[Tringa totanus, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common redshank]

The sound of the redshank (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

Distribution and sightings of the greenshank across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Distribution and sightings of the redshank across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Blackbird

Passeriformes #2

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 14 April 2016.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 30 April 2017.

Place: Ilam Park, Staffordshire
Dates: 6 December 2017.

[Turdus merula, Family Turdidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common blackbird]

The sound of the blackbird (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the blackbird across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Various Jackdaws

Passeriformes #1

Place: Lynmouth, Devon
Dates: 16 February 2013.

Place: Segesta, Sicily
Dates: 2 June 2016.

Place: Wadebridge, Cornwall
Dates: 28 August 2016.

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 16 January 2017.

[Coloeus monedula, Family Corvidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Western jackdaw]

The sound of the jackdaw (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the jackdaw across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Water Rail

Gruiformes

Place: Bird hide #2, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 26 October 2016.

[Rallus aquaticus, Family Rallidae, Order Gruiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Water rail]

The sound of the water rail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the water rail across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Male Bullfinch

Passeriformes #3

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 5 November 2016.

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 11 November 2016.

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 30 November 2016.

Place: Warden Centre hide, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 15 August 2017.

[Pyrrhula pyrrhula, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian bullfinch]

The sound of the bullfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Niels Krabbe)

Distribution and sightings of the bullfinch across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Grey Wagtail

Passeriformes #3

Place: Potato Wharf, Manchester
Dates: 5 February 2017.

Place: Footpath from Lynmouth to Watersmeet, Devon
Dates: 1 September 2016.

Place: River Taff near Black Weir, Cardiff
Dates: 7 November 2016.

Place: River Taff near Radyr Weir, Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 30 October 2017.

Place: River Taff near Black Weir, Cardiff
Dates: 19 October 2016.

[Motacilla cinerea, Family Motacillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Grey wagtail]

The sound of the grey wagtail (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Dawid Jablonski)

Distribution and sightings of the grey wagtail across the British Isles (borrowed and moidified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

More Curlews

Charadriiformes

Place: Laugharne Estuary, Carmarthenshire
Dates: 23 September 2016.

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 11 January 2017.

Place: Goldcliff Lagoons, east of Newport, Gwent
Dates: 8 November 2017.

Place: Arnside estuary, Cumbria
Dates: 8 February 2017.

[Numenius arquata, Family Scolopacidae, Order Charadriiformes, Wikipedia Entry: Eurasian curlew]

The sound of the curlew (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist David Farrow)

Distribution and sightings of the curlew across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

Forest Farm Robins

Passeriformes #2

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 21 October 2016.

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 3 October 2016.

Place: Forest Farm, Cardiff
Dates: 15 August 2017.

[Erithacus rubecula, Family Muscicapidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European robin]

The sound of the robin (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Patrik Åberg)

Distribution and sightings of the robin across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

More Buzzards

Accipitriformes

Place: Llangybi, Monmouthshire
Dates: 20 January 2017.

Place: Near Calella de Palafrugell, Costa Brava
Dates: 18 June 2016.

Place: Durness, Sutherland, Highlands, Scotland
Dates: 25 July 2017.

[Buteo buteo, Family Accipitridae, Order Accipitriformes, Wikipedia Entry: Common buzzard]

The sound of the buzzard (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Sander Bot)

Distribution and sightings of the common buzzard across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).

More British Goldfinches

Passeriformes #3

Place: Back Garden, Tongwynlais, Cardiff
Dates: 24 June 2016.

Place: Afon Mawddach near Dolgellau, Gwynedd
Dates: 19 January 2014.

Place: Eden Project, Cornwall
Dates: 25 April 2015.

Place: Cuckmere Haven, Sussex
Dates: 14 September 2016.

Place: Caerphilly Commons, Caerphilly
Dates: 6 May 2017.

Place: Shapwick Moor, Somerset Levels
Dates: 11 October 2016.

[Carduelis carduelis, Family Fringillidae, Order Passeriformes, Wikipedia Entry: European goldfinch]

The sound of the goldfinch (borrowed from the Xeno-Canto website, recordist Ruud van Beusekom)

Distribution and sightings of the goldfinch across the British Isles (borrowed and modified from the Bird Atlas Mapstore).